Osmunda cinnamomea 
(Cinnamon Fern, Anemia bipinnata, Osmunda bipinnata, Osmunda imbricata, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)

Origin:  Native to the Americas and eastern Asia
Family:  Osmundaceae
Light:  Part-full shade
Height:  3-6'
Spacing:  2-3'
Foliage:  Deciduous, loose rosette
Soil:  Well-drained, keep moist, sandy, loamy, highly acidic, neutral
Water:  High
Uses:  Foliage,  accent, woodland setting, shade garden, edge of pond,  mass plant, vegetable, medicinal
Propagation:  Rhizomes

Comments:  Osmunda cinnamomea or Cinnamon Fern or Anemia bipinnata or Osmunda bipinnata or Osmunda imbricata or Osmundastrum cinnamomeum is a large deciduous perennial fern with an erect, symmetrical, clumping growth habit.  It is a native of the Americas and eastern Asia.  Cinnamon Fern is easily propagated from rhizome divisions.  It thrives best in well-drained, moist loamy, acidic soil in a partly shaded location.  In Spring, Osmunda cinnamomea produces exquisite brown coiled cinnamonstick-like fiddles appear from center of plant which unfurl into dark green waxy fronds.  These fertile and infertile fronds can grow into 2-4 feet long fronds; the green fertile frond spikes turns brown, are fragrant and have brown woolly spores  on them. Cinnamon Fern is a massive plant so provide sufficient space for it to grow.  Anemia bipinnata makes an excellent foliage plant in a woodland setting or shade garden.  Use them around ponds for a stunning effect.  Osmunda bipinnata also looks great as an accent plant.  It adds a tropical flair to the moist landscape.  Deers would not go near this plant. In its native habitat, it is often found growing in moist forest, swamps and bogs.  Osmunda imbricata adds Fall interest as the lovely fronds turn to yellow and then golden brown.  In winter, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum dies back to the ground and reemerge next season with a stronger growth. The attractive arch-shaped 'fiddleheads' can be eaten as a vegetable.  Cinnamon spice is produced by this plant.  Cinnamon Fern is a very useful plant to the native Americans who used it in medicine.

USDA Zones:  3-10

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